The Wassailing Mice

Wassail, wassail all over the land With warmth in our hearts and a bowl in our hand And if you should fill it with apples and spice Then you shall be blessed by the wassailing mice We drink to the robin, we drink to the crow We drink to the swallows who left long ago We drink to the minnow who swim in a shoal We drink to the all from the wassailing bowl Good health to the hedgehog, good health to the deer Good health to the blue tit, we bring you good cheer Good health to the dormouse, the shrew, and the vole We drink to them all from the wassailing bowl Wassail, wassail all over the land With warmth in our hearts and a bowl in our hand And if you should fill it with apples and spice Then you shall be blessed by the wassailing mice And here's to the badger and here's to the toad And here's to the rat and the river he's rowed And here's to the mole (mole!) Our amenable host Come one and come all, we shall now drink a toast Wassail, wassail (wassail!) All over the land With warmth in our hearts (wassail!) And a bowl in our hand And if you should fill it with apples and spice Then you shall be blessed by the wassailing mice By the wassailing mice